Improvement in gr



Pun;sunnpv Grapples for Hoisting Monuments.

N0.l5|,061 Patented May19,1B74.

i @MM UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

PELEG B. STUART, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAPPLES FOR HOISTING MONUMENTS.l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,06] dated May 19, 1874; application filed April 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PELEG B. STUART, of Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Devices used in Raising ll/Ioliuments7 Src., of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists in a combination of devices, which will be clearly described, and pointed out in the claim, the object thereof being to provide a device for griping monuments while hoisting them, without frayin g the edges or polished surfaces thereof.

Figure l shows the invention applied to the object in the act ofv raising it. Fig. 2 shows the invention as placed on the object preparator5v to using it 5 Fig. 3, enlarged View of camroller, showing its construction 5 Fig. 4, View of the frame complete.

A A are rollers, covered at B (shown at Fi 3) with india-rubber, or some other elastic substance. Said rollers are secured to the ends ot' the stretchers C by the bolts el, which pass through the holes a in each end of said stretchers, and through the holes b, which pass through the length of the cam-rollers A, and below their-centers, thus forming cams of said rollers. Vhe-n the stretchers C and cam-rollers A are secured together a square frame is formed, as shown at Fig. 4. Said frame is secured to the object to be lifted, such as a shaft for a monument, as 'shown at z, Figs. l and 2, by passing it down over the shaft until lonr enough to gripe round said object; then the rollers are revolved together by the lifting acp secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the stretchers o, with their holes a a., cam-rollers A, coated with an elastic substance, B, loops e, and rope F, substantially as and for the purpose as hereinbefore set forth.

PELEG B. STUART. 

